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= = =The Congress shall have power to lay and collect taxes on incomes, from whatever source derived, without apportionment among the several States, and without regard to any census or enumeration.=



The issues that prompted the creation of the 16th amendment are very different than the issues today. When this amendment was created the United States was in the middle of an industrial revolution. The Republicans thought it would be a good idea to have income taxes so that the citizens could help with government funding. Most people agreed with this when it was first amended. This still works for the government but some people are taking a second look at what this amendment really means. Future presidential candidates, like Mike Huckabee, are even thinking about this amendment. He thinks that we should just have 1 tax that replaces all of the income taxes that we have currently. Many people agree with him, but some people think that changing our taxes would be bad for our economy. The government still thinks that citizens should help with government funding but many other peoples' ideas on on this amendment have changed since it was ratified in 1913.
 * __How do the issues which prompted the creation of the amendments compare with the issues that they are applied to today?__**

This amendment really means that the U.S Congress has the power to collect income taxes from the citizens of the United States. These income taxes are a certain percentage of people's incomes and everyone has to pay them no matter how much money they make.
 * __What does this amendment really mean?__**

__**Why was this amendment created?**__ It was created so that the government could make money off of the citizens' incomes.

It was supposed to solve the problem of government funding issues.
 * __What problem was it supposed to solve?__**

This amendment was passed on July 12, 1909. It was ratified on February 3, 1913.
 * __When was this amendment passed? When was it ratified?__**



The United States was at a time of industrial revolution during which transportation by cars and planes were more widespread, causing businesses and industries to grow rapidly. More companies were making huge incomes and were buying out the small town businesses which caused an influx of importing and exporting throughout the United States.
 * __What was going on in the country at the time this amendment was ratified?__**

This amendment applies to today because we still have income tax on things like lottery prizes, paychecks, and game show wins. Who thought of the idea for this amendment?__** The idea for this amendment was proposed by the Congressional Democratic Party in Congress, led by William Jennings Bryan. President Taft then took notice and proposed this idea as an amendment.
 * __How does this amendment apply to today?__**
 * __[[image:zeltner_picture.jpg width="267" height="291" align="right" caption="President William H. Taft"]]

__**What is an example of this amendment today?**__ This amendment is the cause of income taxes on citizens. Citizens of the United States get a certain percentage of their wages taken away to help with government funding. This is a way to make sure that too much money isn't being taken away from families and people with lower incomes.

It takes different amounts of times to ratify amendments depending on how big or drastic the change will be once the amendment goes into effect. Most of the amendments went into effect almost a year after they were passed. Others can take years and yet others take a couple of months.
 * __How long does it take for a passed amendment to go into effect?__**

__**Why tax incomes?**__ The government thought that this is a good way that they could tax everyone without being too harsh on lower income families.

__**Do people still want this amendment?**__ Some people think that this is a good amendment and others think that it is unfair that we have to, without consent, pay for government funding with their hard earned money.

__**How does this amendment effect people?**__ It affects people by having them get less money than they make.



A Link to a video about our amendment:

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=3548569036052201134&q=16th+amendment+site%3Avideo.google.com&total=84&start=0&num=30&so=0&type=search&plindex=1

Huckabee's Tax Plan Appeals By: Caralyn Z. This article is about Mike Huckabee's plan to eliminate all federal taxes if he becomes president. He would replace all of those with 1 tax: the FairTax. This has caused opposing sides about what people think is better for our country and us. I agree with this article because I don't think that people should have so many federal income taxes. Link to the article- http://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/06/us/politics/06economy.html?ex=1357362000&en=d393c45bf7bb9ac6&ei=5124&partner=permalink&exprod=permalink

The Huckabee Factor By: Timmy D. My opinion about this article is that Huckabee is right that there should be no income tax. These taxes just take money away from people and that it is not fair for them and people work hard for money but then the government just takes almost half of what you make like from wa\hat u\you make from your job. Link to the article- http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9C05E1DE1F30F935A25751C1A9619C8B63&sec=&spon=&partner=permalink&exprod=permalink

Senate Backs Freeze on Tax Without Cost Offsets By: Sam C. This article is about how the Senate froze a tax that would hit many middle class Americans.This minimum tax was created to continue to tax middle to lower class Americans who had numerous deductions. Tax deductions reduce citizen's taxes. This tax also didn't keep up with inflation so now it is causing a problem in current times. I also think that the freeze on the tax was appropriate because low income families shouldn't have to pay so much excess tax. Link to the article- http://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/07/washington/07tax.html?ex=1354770000&en=4bbe176fcbd058be&ei=5124&partner=permalink&exprod=permalink




 * __Interesting Facts about this Amendment-__**
 * New York was the 31st state to ratify the 16th amendment on July 12,1911
 * Only 42 out of the 48 states (existing then) ever ratified this amendment
 * Connecticut, Florida, Rhode Island, and Utah rejected the amendment without ever ratifying it
 * Pennsylvania and Virginia never took up the proposed amendment